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Fresh Fruit takes over the World

The Crystal Cruise line could easily rename itself “The Fruit Cruise” due to the plethora of fruit at every single turn:

Fruit buffet table.

Another restaurant, another day… but still the fruit makes its presence known.

One of my favorite desserts, because of its beauty, was fresh fruit in a coconut shell. Sadly, you couldn’t eat the coconut meat; it was too hard. But the plum slices were especially ripe.

(Buying berries in Aix-en-Provence)

It was hard to choose, but I finally decided on raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries. These juicy gems were well worth the expensive price. I ate some raspberries right away, and my sister and I brought the others back to our mini-fridge to snack on during the next few days… not like we needed to, since there were so many berries already offered on the boat. But hey, it’s not every day one gets to buy fresh berries from a farmer’s market in Provence (well, unless you’re lucky enough to live there).

Below is one of my favorite pictures from the trip. Walking along Las Ramblas, in Barcelona, one could find all sorts of costumed people– an alien, a gladiator, a devil, a human tree (?!)…

¡Ole!

And thus ends a very fruity post.

Published on August 19, 2008

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  1. ChocolateCoveredVegan says

    Caitlin—
    I know what you mean; I SERIOUSLY wanted a kitchen when I saw all these beautiful veggies on display at some of the farmer’s markets.

  2. A.Cook says

    I can’t get over how unbelievably fabulous your vacation looks!! The food and hospitality situation you had sounds like a dream. Thanks for sharing so much of it with us!!

  3. Gaia @ Viva Granola says

    Wow, wow, wow!
    I’m so happy for you! I wrote down the name of your ship and am placing an order with the universe: I want to go on a Mediterranean Cruise!!!

  4. kree says

    Yay fruit!
    Provence has some of the loveliest produce around wouldn’t you agree? I went there after high school with some students from my French class. It’s wonderful!

  5. Sanja says

    All the fruit looks so yummy! It looks like you had a great time on the cruise…

    And didn’t you just love Aix-en-Provence? It’s such a beautiful city…

  6. Erin says

    One of my favorite parts of the one cruise I’ve been on was all the fruit, including fruit sculptures! There was even a class on carving fruit into art.

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